Sunday, March 04, 2007
First, it royally annoys me when an Israeli takes up the case of an Arab victim of oppression. You can do better if you worry about Arab victims of Israeli oppression--if you really care that is, and we both know that you don't. Secondly, Saadawi already published her autobiography--my students are reading it for this semester, o Haaretz expert on Saadawi who thinks that she is still writing it. Thirdly, Saadawi (despite my critique of her work--on radical feminist grounds, and on anti-Orientalist grounds) is a fierce critic of Israel, and a staunch supporter of Palestinian rights. So please Haaretz: spare me and her your fake and patronizing sympathy. Go back to what you do best: propagandizing on behalf of Gun Zionism (as David Hirst called it).